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The E-Discographer #2 January 2001
Welcome to the e-magazine devoted to the investigation of recorded sound from the pre-microgroove era. This edition continues the mix of newly published research and classic reprints from difficult to obtain sources. Your contributions are welcome, the essential goal of this publication is to generate discussion in order to expand the pool of information. Please address all correspondence to ddiehlusa@netscape.net

Ethnic Discography

by Richard Spottswood
Columbia Personal Series

Matrix list from Ross Laird
Hello, This Is
Your Talking Card


The Advertising Record Corp.
Euday Bowman

12th Street Ruminations
Tom Brown Interview

with Brian Rust
Label Research

Music You Enjoy

This issue's contributors in brief: Ross Laird's publications include Tantalizing Tingles A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934 ; Brian Rust has written some of the most widely respected discographies of pre-WWII recordings, all without the aid of a computer; Richard Spottswood is the compiler of the seven-volume Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States 1893-1942
It is a continuing pleasure to bring their work to the Internet.

Once you have perused these fine articles please see the editor's page.
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